United States

Natural disasters in District of Columbia, United States

Right now

No events recorded here in the last 24 hours.

The most recent data we hold from Iowa Environmental Mesonet (Iowa State University) arrived 85 minutes ago. We record detections, not passes: an absence is not proof that nothing is there.

11, recorded here, since 17 March 2026

1 in the last 30 days. Most recent: 16 October 2026 (25 days ago).

The 10th strongest of the 11 recorded here since 17 March 2026.

By month

  • July 20241 detections
  • March 20263
  • April 20262
  • May 20262
  • June 20261
  • July 20261
  • September 20261
  • October 20261

March 2026 is the most active month of the 7 in our series here, with 3 events.

The months before live collection count satellite fire detections imported from the NASA FIRMS archive, one for each cell of about 110 m on each day, not fires: they cannot be compared with the months after.

Hazards recorded here

Recent events

Severe WeatherMedium

Marine thunderstorm wind (40 mph), Reagan National Arpt, Arlington Co., VA

16 October 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 46 · version not recorded
Severe WeatherMedium

Severe Wind, VA

4 September 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 46 · version not recorded2 independent sources
Severe WeatherMedium

Severe Thunderstorm Warning

5 July 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 52 · version not recorded
Severe WeatherCritical

Severe Thunderstorm Warning

22 June 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 66 · version not recorded2 independent sources
Severe WeatherMedium

M (40 mph), Reagan National Arpt, Arlington Co., VA

19 May 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 52 · version not recorded3 independent sources
Severe WeatherMedium

Special Marine Warning

10 May 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 52 · version not recorded
Severe WeatherMedium

M (39 mph), 1 SSE The Mall, District of Columb Co., DC

20 April 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 52 · version not recorded2 independent sources
Severe WeatherMedium

M (43 mph), Reagan National Arpt, Arlington Co., VA

1 April 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 52 · version not recorded2 independent sources
Severe WeatherMedium

Severe Wind, DC

17 March 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 52 · version not recorded
Severe WeatherMedium

Severe Wind, VA

17 March 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 52 · version not recorded3 independent sources
Severe WeatherMedium

D, 1 W Adams Morgan, District of Columb Co., DC

17 March 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 52 · version not recorded3 independent sources

Towns with the most events here

Other areas

Series begins 8 March 2026 for live collection; the monthly chart also counts backfilled detections from 10 February 2024. Collection gap: 14-26 August 2026.

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